The Shadow

Featuring: Alec Baldwin, John Lone & Penelope Ann Miller

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The Shadow (Alec Baldwin) was once a vicious criminal who was captured by a mystic who taught him the powers of the mind to become the nemesis of all evil. Now, donning his sweeping black cape and disguise, The Shadow takes on his most dangerous nemesis yet: the last descendent of the great Genghis Khan whose weapon of choice is an atomic bomb.

With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, they square off for a spectacular battle in a dazzling mixture of mind-blowing special effects, humor and a dose of the macabre that will hold you spellbound!
  • Interactive menu
  • Scene Access
ActorsAlec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, Jonathan Winters, Tim Curry, Sab Shimono & James Hong
DirectorRussel Mulcahy
Certificate12 years and over
Year1994
ScreenWidescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic
LanguagesEnglish - Dolby Digital (5.1)
SubtitlesEnglish ; French ; Portuguese ; Danish ; Finnish ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; Dutch ; Turkish
Duration1 hour and 43 minutes (approx)
RegionRegion 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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This movie is very cheesey and it's supposed to be. Feels like all the actors had fun making it (or maybe they're just great actors), though the comedy highlight of the movie is Tim Curry's performance where every line is pricelessly delivered. None more so than when he's losing his mind. Alec Baldwin is no slouch either, with some good banter between he and the villain and the love interest ... It's only a fiver, get it!

 A poor Batman copy.

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This film was such a dissapointment. Then again, I ain't surprised as the bad guy is a ressurected form of Genghis Khan (it's as stupid as it sounds).
The dvd cover alone screams Batman in my face. I absolutley loved Batman and its villain was a gangsta who fell in a pool of acid and had his face permanently stuck as a massive cheesy grin but it still got away with it (then again, Jack Nicholson rocks). From the get go it is evident this is a tacky Batman copy with a slight twist where the hero does actually have a couple of super powers (and his powers are actually cool!). I think it's just a shame that there is actually hardly any action in this at all! I mean come on! This is a superhero movie and over half of it is constant yattering! I didn't grow any love for the main character or anger towards the main villian. I didn't really feel much besides dissapointment.
This movie could have been so much more, especially with a superhero as cool as the Shadow. The film was obviously trying to follow the lines of Batman but stumbled so badly. Just dodge this one guys.

 This IS good!

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I just can't understand why people don't like this! Alec Baldwin is just the rightr person to act here, he IS The Shadow. This is well done, costumes, roles, everything. Fun, exciting - everything that a good adventure needs to be.

The Knife, Bhurpa is a cool thing - I do have one, have had years and so far it hasn't started flying around and biting me! If it ever does so, I send it back to the shop where I bought it.

Enjoy the old-fashion adventure!

 Awesome, provided you can accept the taste

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Not Batman. Not trying to be Batman. A super hero film based on a comic that has a main character who isn't 2dimensional, doesn't mean it's trying to be Batman.

Cheesy but not terrible hammy cheese, cheese that deliberately suits the time period the story is set. Also the style of the whole film (including the cheese) is Really comic book but Very well done for film! Well before Sin City was even thought of.

Class acting all around, but in any film two very underestimated things Make it what it is.
1. The main bad guy. Really well acted, great character, not just 2dimensional (same as the hero,) you hate him, you fear him, you kinda like him (provided you're the kind of person who can actually get into the spirit of a superpower film.)
2. The sub characters. Brilliantly played victims, minor bad guys, lackeys, girls, informants, and Tim Curry's slime ball is excellent.

 Fun adventure romp, nothing more nothing less

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If Sam Raimi had gotten his hands on the film it would of been something of note(He made darkman instead).What it is though is a fun, action filled adventure with Baldwin looking broody and is a great switch off your brain sunday afternoon flick.
Try not to think of Batman as you watch it as The Shadow character was around a good 7/8 years before Batman was created and was the most famous pulp hero of the time.Fun basic adventure flick with a character begging for a better film and script.

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